Power supply apparatus and method of supplying power

Abstract

A power supply apparatus, an apparatus, and a method of supplying power are provided. The power supply apparatus including a high voltage generating unit, which generates one or more output voltages by using an input voltage, and which is implemented as a chip. The one or more output terminals are on a same circuit board as the high voltage generating unit, to output the generated one or more output voltages. The chip includes a transforming unit to transform the input voltage into one or more transformed voltages that are different from one another, and a rectifying unit to rectify the transformed voltages into rectified voltages, and to determine the rectified voltages as the generated one or more output voltages.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A power supply apparatus comprising:
 a chip comprising a high voltage generating unit to generate one or more output voltages based on an input voltage; and 
 one or more output terminals formed on a same circuit board as the high voltage generating unit, to output the generated one or more output voltages, 
 wherein the chip comprises:
 a transforming unit to transform the input voltage into one or more transformed voltages that are different from one another; and 
 a rectifying unit to rectify the transformed voltages into rectified voltages, and to determine the rectified voltages as the generated one or more output voltages, 
 
 wherein the one or more output terminals are installed in an image forming apparatus, and each of the output terminals is coupled to at least one of a plurality of electronic components of the image forming apparatus. 
 
     
     
       2. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the image forming apparatus is an apparatus having a print function. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the image forming apparatus includes a printer or a multi function peripheral (MFP). 
     
     
       4. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein two or more of the output voltages are the same. 
     
     
       5. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the output voltages are direct current (DC) voltages. 
     
     
       6. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the high voltage generating unit is a voltage multiplier that is on the chip. 
     
     
       7. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the high voltage generating unit is a power converter. 
     
     
       8. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the high voltage generating unit converts AC power to DC power. 
     
     
       9. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the high voltage generating unit converts DC power to AC power. 
     
     
       10. An apparatus comprising:
 a power converter, which generates one or more output voltages by using an input voltage, and which is implemented as a chip; and 
 one or more output terminals formed on a same circuit board as the power converter, to output the generated one or more output voltages, 
 wherein the chip comprises:
 a transforming unit to transform the input voltage into one or more transformed voltages that are different from one another; and 
 a rectifying unit to rectify the transformed voltages into rectified voltages, and to determine the rectified voltages as the generated one or more output voltages. 
 
 
     
     
       11. The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more output terminals are installed in an image forming apparatus, and each of the output terminals is connected to at least one of a plurality of electronic components of the image forming apparatus. 
     
     
       12. The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of electronic components include a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transferring unit, a fixing unit and a cleaning unit. 
     
     
       13. A method of supplying power comprising:
 generating, using a chip, one or more output voltages by using an input voltage; and 
 outputting the generated one or more output voltages from one or more output terminals formed on a same circuit board as the chip, 
 wherein the generating comprises:
 transforming the input voltage into one or more transformed voltages that are different from one another, and 
 rectifying unit the transformed voltages into rectified voltages, and 
 determining the rectified voltages as the generated one or more output voltages. 
 
 
     
     
       14. The method according  claim 13 , wherein the one or more output terminals are installed in an image forming apparatus, and each of the output terminals is connected to at least one of a plurality of electronic components of the image forming apparatus directly or through an electric wire. 
     
     
       15. The method according to  claim 14 , wherein the plurality of electronic components include a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transferring unit, a fixing unit and a cleaning unit.